Villanova School of Business

Courses

VSB 0099: B2B:FR Experience

Credits 0

Continuation of professional development activities to include but not limited to resume review, participation in networking etiquette interactive sessions and an intro to Handshake. Restricted to: VSB Freshman Cohort

Last Offered
Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024
Effective Term
201820

VSB 1015: Business Dynamics

Credits 3

Explores dynamic nature of business in a changing environment. Cross functional view of business and contribution of functions to accomplish vision. Integrates global, ethical, and technological dimensions. Emphasizes innovation as business, personal skill.

Last Offered
Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
Effective Term
201720

VSB 2004: Financial Accounting

Credits 3

Course introduces generally accepted accounting principles and both the creation and analysis of financial statements. Students are exposed to the importance of accounting in making decisions such as those related to business, investing, and financing.

Prerequisites

VSB 1015 and VSB 1000 :Y and (ECO 1001 :Y or SBI 2005) and ECO 1002 :Y

Prerequisite Courses
Last Offered
Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024
Effective Term
201720

VSB 2006: Introduction to MIS

Credits 3

Strategic alignment of business and information technology (IT); managing IT as a strategic resource; strategies for sourcing IT development and services.

Prerequisites

VSB 1000 :Y and (ECO 1001 :Y or SBI 2005 :Y) and ECO 1002 :Y and (VSB 1015 or VSB 1005 or VSB 1002)

Prerequisite Courses
Corequisites
Last Offered
Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024
Effective Term
202430

VSB 2007: Corp Respon & Regulation

Credits 3

Examines law, ethics, corporate responsibility, and business regulation. Studies the sources, substantive principles, and evolving nature of law, and its role in ethical business decision making.

Prerequisites

(ECO 1001 :Y or SBI 2005 :Y) and ECO 1002 :Y and (VSB 1015 or VSB 1005 or VSB 1002)

Prerequisite Courses
Last Offered
Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024
Effective Term
201630

VSB 2008: Business Analytics

Credits 3

Use of business analytics and AI-technologies for improving managerial decision making, including data-visualization, data-mining, machine learning, AI, optimization, and simulation for data-driven decision-making. Through AI-enhanced techniques, students learn to uncover insights and recommend business actions based on complex data analysis.

Prerequisites

(MAT 1400 or MAT 1500) and (MAT 1235 or MAT 1430 or STAT 1235 or STAT 1430) and VSB 1000 and (ECO 1001 :Y or SBI 2005 :Y) and ECO 1002 :Y and (VSB 1015 or VSB 1005 or VSB 1002) and VSB 2006

Last Offered
Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024
Effective Term
202520

VSB 2014: Principles of Managerial Acct

Credits 3

How management accounting information can be used to help firms achieve strategic goals and profitability objectives. Use of an entrepreneurial perspective to examine how managers apply risk measurement and management technique to business planning and control systems. Cases and teamwork.

Prerequisites

VSB 2004

Prerequisite Courses
Last Offered
Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024
Effective Term
202430

VSB 2020: Competitive Effectiveness

Credits 6

Explores value creation for stakeholders and establishing competitive advantage; how goods/services are developed to meet customer/consumer needs and are distributed for consumption. Innovating, problem-solving, leading, and controlling through effective use of human capital explored. Satisfies Intro to Management/Intro to Marketing.

Prerequisites

VSB 1000 and (ECO 1001 or SBI 2005) and ECO 1002 and (VSB 1015 or VSB 1005 or VSB 1002) and VSB 2004 :Y

Corequisites
Last Offered
Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024
Effective Term
201630

VSB 2100: Socially Just Business Ldrship

Credits 3

Innovative cross-disciplinary seminar that integrates social justice teachings into business disciplines like economics, accounting, finance, marketing, management, and MIS. Students engage in the practice of intergroup dialogue to process course content personally and collectively.

Prerequisites

VSB 2020 or SBI 3030

Prerequisite Courses
Last Offered
Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024
Effective Term
202520

VSB 2121: Business Scholars Seminar

Credits 1

Special business topics offered in a lecture/seminar format to prepare students for research opportunities. RESTRICTED TO: Permission of VSB Honors Director

Prerequisites

VSB 1015

Prerequisite Courses
Last Offered
Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022
Effective Term
201920

VSB 3000: Backpack-to-Briefcase:JR Sem

Credits 1

Professional development program built around an internal case competition. Topics addressed include written and oral communication; business research; team dynamics and leadership.

Last Offered
Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024
Effective Term
201320

VSB 3008: Operations&Supply Chain Mgmt

Credits 3

Concepts and techniques for problems in manufacturing and service organizations. Topics: decision-making, forecasting, resource allocation, project management, quality, materials management, technology and strategy.

Prerequisites

(MAT 1235 or MAT 1430 or STAT 1235 or STAT 1430) and VSB 2008 and VSB 2020 and (VSB 2009 or VSB 2010 or VSB 2030 and VSB 2040)

Last Offered
Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024
Effective Term
202420

VSB 3500: Special Topics in Business

Credits 3

Contemporary issues and topics impacting the business environment.

Prerequisites

(MAT 1235 or MAT 1430 or STAT 1235 or STAT 1430) and VSB 2006 and VSB 2007 and VSB 2008 and VSB 2020 and (VSB 2009 or VSB 2010 or VSB 2030 and VSB 2040)

Last Offered
Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022
Effective Term
201630

VSB 4002: Strategic Think & Implem

Credits 3

Emphasizes strategy concepts to achieve integrative cross-functional solutions for competitive advantage. Application of strategy tools as well as concepts from prior course work. Application of knowledge to global and ethical challenges emphasized through the practice opportunities used in this course.

Prerequisites

VSB 2006 and VSB 2007 and VSB 2008 and (VSB 2014 or VSB 3006) and VSB 3008 and ECO 3108

Last Offered
Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024
Effective Term
201710